續一切經音義 4.81

English (machine translation) 4.81

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4.81

Butcher and executioner (kuikuai 魁膾: the first character has the fanqie [reading] ku + [gui] [kui]. Kong's commentary on the Classic of Documents says: "魁 means a master." Zheng's commentary on the Classic of Rites says: "The head." The Records of the Grand Historian says: "A robust man." It takes 'dipper' [as semantic component] and gui as phonetic. The second character has the fanqie [reading] gui + wai [kuai]. The Guangya says: "膾 means to slice." We note that kuikuai refers to masters of slaughter and ferocious execution. It takes 'flesh' [as semantic component] and hui as phonetic).

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